Honey Glazed Chicken Skewers & Greek Lentil Salad
on Apr 29, 2018, Updated May 12, 2024
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If you follow me on Instagram, you know I have been BBQ’ing it up since Tracy delivered a new BBQ to us a few weeks ago. I was so excited to finally have a critter free BBQ again that I started BBQ’ing that day and haven’t stopped since. Did I mention the BBQ she delivered is actually bigger, which means more room for all the meat and veggies!! I’ve been dying to make some chicken skewers and I finally got my chance! You’re also getting a bonus recipe today! Paired with these skewers is a light Greek Lentil Salad perfect for Spring and Summer!
Can I also mention these honey glazed chicken skewers are a huge hit with my kids!? They each ate two skewers and I had to make them stop! Anytime my kids devour protein I get pretty excited. Take a look at these cuties!
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Basically you’ll just throw your chicken in a bag with the marinade for a couple hours, jab them onto the skewers, and then cook them. It’s quite simple and a just a lot more fun for everyone to eat this delicious chicken off a stick.
Once you get your chicken marinating you’ll want to cook your lentils. Truthfully, this is the first time I’ve ever made lentils. I’ve made this Greek salad recipe with couscous several times, but I went with lentils today because they’re packed with much more protein and fiber. I’m pretty sure any variety of lentils will work, but here’s a look at the ones I grabbed from the grocery store to use. I just cooked them according to the directions on the back of the bag.
Once you’re lentils are cooked you’ll just add all the other ingredients together and refrigerate. Did I mention this side dish is super simple!?
Macros for the lentil salad: 1/2 cup (105 grams) = 7.8g protein, 11.9 grams carbohydrates, 1.3 grams fat & 4.5 grams FIBER!!
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Honey Glazed Chicken Skewers & Greek Lentil Salad
Ingredients
Chicken Skewers:
- 6 pounds boneless, skinless, chicken thighs and legs (3pkgs. Kirkland) cut into 1inch cubes
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup coco aminos, or soy sauce
- 1/4 cup pineapple juice
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Lentil Salad:
- 3 cups cooked lentils
- 1 medium cucumber finely chopped
- 1 10 oz. container grape tomatoes chopped
- 1/4 chopped, red onion
- 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper, chopped (or whatever colors you prefer)
- 1 6 oz. container fat free feta cheese, Trader Joe's
- 1/2 can artichoke hearts, in water!
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Gourmet Garden Basil, or fresh chopped basil!
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
Chicken Skewers:
- Place chicken in ziplock bag with all remaining ingredients. Let the chicken marinade at least 2 hours.
- You may want to set aside a little extra marinade for glazing later, or you can always make more.
- Pre soak skewers in water (so they don't catch fire on the grill!) and thread skewers with chicken.
- Throw on greased BBQ (we rubbed ours down with olive oil on a paper towel) for about 5-8 minutes on each side.
- The last few minutes of cook time brush the skewers with any remaining glaze.
Greek Lentil Salad
- Cook lentils according to package directions.
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
- Refrigerate once it's complete.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Serving size: 1/2 cup (105 grams)
Calories per serving: 91
Fat per serving: 1.3
Carbs per serving: 11.9
Protein per serving: 7.8
Nutrition
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I’m curious if the lentil salad can be made ahead of time? Does it store well refrigerated?
Yes, this is a great one to make the day before!
Hello Krista,
I noticed the 1/2 lemon in the lentil photo but it isn’t listed in the ingredients for the lentil recipe. Would it be safe to assume that you squeezed the lemon juice into the mixture?
Oh so sorry! Yes I did!
Hi! In the Honey Glazed Chicken Skew recipe what is the amount for the pineapple juice? It says 1/4 pineapple juice it is cup, teaspoon, tablespoon etc? Thanks! I look forward to making this!
Hi Christine,
Sorry about that! I’ll update it. It should be 1/4 cup pineapple juice.
Could this be baked in oven rather than grill?
Absolutely. Put it in a casserole dish and just make sure the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165.
Hi! So the value for 6 oz of cooked chicken and 1/2 cup of the lentil salads is in the nutrition or do you have to add the lentil salad to it?
Hi! That’s just for the chicken. The nutritional info for the lentil salad is listed in the notes. Both are in MyFitnessPal also.
What is the serving size for each of these recipes!? YUM!
Correction: What is the NUMBER* of servings!?
Hi Chandler! They each make about 12 servings. 13 for the Greek Lentil Salad to be exact, about 12 for the chicken depending on how well you cook the chicken.